Opinion

Empty desk policy - same as it ever was in Malta's schools

Who let the kids out?

Malta’s school kids have just started their very long summer holidays. But at what price to their education and their parents’ pockets and sanity?

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Fireworks are fine.  But the point of petards?

A Problem with Petards?

Some say that Malta is made for summer and summer for Malta. But does it have to be made for noisy petards (murtali)?

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Speed camera Zebbug

Photo caption fun: God speed!

Photo caption please! We spotted this speed camera sign in Zebbug, Malta. God speed your imagination in writing a winning caption!

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Mellieha Church, Malta.

Outside looking in: Malta, divorce and international media

All the world’s a stage and Malta merely a player – for a week. What image is the international media painting of Malta as it covers the divorce referendum?

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Maltese sheep. Photo: Leslie Vella

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Let no man cast asunder?

Malta’s divorce debate: an expat’s view

As Malta’s divorce referendum campaigns – pro and anti – enter their final week or so, we stand back and ask a foreign resident for a perspective on it all.

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City Gate, Valletta, demolition

Now you see it, now you don’t: Valletta’s City Gate

Valletta’s city gate biting the dust in exclusive photos for Maltainsideout. The new parliament is already rising up to replace the space. For better or worse.

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Tent city, Malta

Suspended Lives: a film on real people, not ‘migrants’

What do most of us know of the lives of the refugees in Malta? The film ‘Suspended Lives’ interviews some we tend to label ‘migrants’. An insight into real lives and harsh realities.

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Glen Vella, Malta's 2011 Eurovision Song Contest entrant

Eurovision – the pundits predict

Malta’s Glen Vella has one chance with ‘One Life’. But his fate was perhaps already written before he went on stage. We look at the predictability of Eurovision Song Contests.

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Billboard and parody. Malta's divorce referendum

The war of the billboards

Malta’s ‘debate’ on the divorce referendum takes to the street on billboards. But online life in Malta sees parody and purple prose. We reflect on the mediums and the messages.

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two sides to mothers' day in Malta

Mothers’ Day in Malta: an alternative view.

Mothers’ Day in Malta sees roadside stalls selling pink hydrangeas. It’s a tradition. And traditional is the way Malta views the role of women. It’s time this changed.

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The only way is up? Malta’s high-rise property

We’ve limited space, we’re urban, we’re going up. But, asks architecture student Sergei Mikhailenko, are we going up for the right reasons? Are we creating a market for the high rise, or do we really need it?

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Easter, time to ponder religious passions

It’s the run-up to Easter, the most important date in Malta’s religious calendar. What better time to reflect on the nation’s zealousness for religious feasts, festas and more?

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Is Malta looking outward?

The return of the Nanny State

As the laws stand in Malta, you can’t get divorced here nor chill out with a beer at an open-air concert without invoking the wrath of the Nanny State. ‘What’s going on? And what next?’, we ask.

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